Re: Deleting or editing images

Hi phro

Try replacing it with a single word picture and then deleting it.

Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and PunishmentThe knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

Re: Deleting or editing images

So there is a way,but the plug-in's still buggin'.

Better report that to MIF.

Last edited by anonimnystefy (2012-04-29 00:40:45)

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Re: Deleting or editing images

I tried replacing the two-word file 'a b.png' (the doggy) with the same file renamed to 'ab.png', but all that happened was that I then had two doggy files: one named 'a b.png' and the other 'ab.png'.

Deleting them only deleted 'ab.png'.

MIF has already posted here and in the other thread of mine that I gave a link to, so I'm sure he's interested in this. Besides, he moderates this forum. But he said "The image functionality is a "plug-in" and I don't know enough about it to alter it."

Last edited by phrontister (2012-04-29 04:32:17)

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Re: Deleting or editing images

What did you do exactly? Did you click tge Browse... button?

Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and PunishmentThe knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

Re: Deleting or editing images

Can't see any 'Browse' button. Did you mean 'Delete'? If so, yes...I clicked the delete button for all images every time and got the same result each time with single- and multiple-word files being treated differently.

"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." - Ted Nelson

Re: Deleting or editing images

Sorry,the button is called Choose File... I think.

All in all,the plugin is strange. Maybe I will ask MIF where he got it.

Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and PunishmentThe knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

Re: Deleting or editing images

Is that what you did when uploading ab?

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Re: Deleting or editing images

So it seems there is no way to delete a multi word picture without deleting the whole post.

Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and PunishmentThe knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

Re: Deleting or editing images

Like which?

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Re: Deleting or editing images

I don't recall that now, but within the last month I tried to delete a post and because that was rejected I just ended up editing it. The Delete button on the main page took me to the delete page, but clicking Delete did nothing.

I'm pretty sure I also came across that a year or two ago, but I have no details.

Last edited by phrontister (2012-04-29 02:34:15)

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Re: Deleting or editing images

Yes,happened to me to. I think there is maybe some rule about deleting posts right after posting.

Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and PunishmentThe knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

Re: Deleting or editing images

Maybe we could ask MIF what the reason is.

Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and PunishmentThe knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

Re: Deleting or editing images

It isn't showing.Did you delete it already?

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Re: Deleting or editing images

phrontister wrote:

I don't recall that now, but within the last month I tried to delete a post and because that was rejected I just ended up editing it. The Delete button on the main page took me to the delete page, but clicking Delete did nothing.

That happens to me a lot. You must edit before you can delete.

In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.

I agree with you regarding the satisfaction and importance of actually computing some numbers. I can't tell you how often I see time and money wasted because someone didn't bother to run the numbers.

Re: Deleting or editing images

Oh,yeah.That worked for me as well.I usually leave something like 'a' or 'This post is going to be deleted.'

Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and PunishmentThe knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

Re: Deleting or editing images

So it is not that it is multiple words,but the space that's bothering it.

EDIT:I put a space after the name and it deleted.

EDIT2:Uploading it again with spaces inside.

EDIT3:Won't delete.

Last edited by anonimnystefy (2012-04-30 01:57:54)

Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and PunishmentThe knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

Re: Deleting or editing images

Hi MathsIsFun,

Here are conclusions drawn from the tests:

An image with a space in the filename won't delete, but those with a single-word filename and those that use an underscore instead of a space will delete. There may be other replacements for a space, but I haven't tested them.

And there may be other scenarios where trying to delete an image fails...

Also, an image with a space in the filename can be replaced even if not deleted, provided the same filename is used.

Last edited by phrontister (2012-04-30 02:14:27)

"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." - Ted Nelson